The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in the Americas

lt;p>Reinhard Stockmann is Professor for Sociology at Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany. He is also the Founder and Director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval), Managing Director of the German- speaking MA-Course Evaluation and of the English-speaking Blended Learning Master of Evaluation; Executive Editor of the German Zeitschrift für Evaluation (Journal of Evaluation); Founding member of the German Society for Evaluation (DeGEval). During his 50 years of evaluation experience he conducted several hundred evaluation studies and has led numerous Evaluation Capacity Building projects. He published about 50 books and about 300 articles.

Wolfgang Meyer is Associate Professor at Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, and Adjunct Professor at Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda. He is also Vice-Director of the Centre for Evaluation (CEval), and Founding Member of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval). He is a Sociologist with a Focus on Empirical Methodology; Evaluation Specialist in the Field of Environment, Labour Market and Regional Development.

Laszlo Szentmarjay is Research Associate at Centre for Evaluation (CEval) at Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany, and Project Manager at CEval GmbH. He is responsible for the conception and implementation of evaluations and M&E systems in the field of development cooperation, environment and education. 

1. The Instituationalisation of Evaluation: Theoretical Background, Analytical Concept and Methods.- 2. Evaluation in Argentina.- 3. Evaluation in Bolivia.- 4. Evaluation in Brazil.- 5. Evaluation in Canada.- 6. Evaluation in Chile.- 7. Evaluation in Colombia.- 8. Evaluation in Costa Rica.- 9. Evaluation in Ecudor.- 10. Evaluation in Mexico.- 11. Evaluation in Peru.- 12. Evaluation in the United States of America.- 13. CLEAR LAC - Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results - Latin America and the Caribbean.- 14. Contributions of The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) to the Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 15. The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank Group: Influences on Evaluation Structures and Practices Globally and in the Americas. 16. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in the Americas: A Synthesis.- 17. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe and the Americas: A Comparison.